Novels like Supernatural: My Years Hunting Ghosts at Bureau 749
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Supernatural: My Years Hunting Ghosts at Bureau 749, best match first.
- 1 Tales of Strange Things in a Mountain Village: A Maoshan Taoist Unravels Yin and Yang 山村怪谈:茅山道士解阴阳 If someone calls your name in the middle of the night, it definitely isn’t human! If you paint the left eye on a paper effigy, it will possess you! The thing in the dry well only goes after women in red! At his master’s command, young Taoist Gao Yue descends the mountain to gain experience and search for the seven Soul-Sealing Bone Nails scattered thirty years ago. He travels from village to village, expecting to slay demons and exorcise evil, only to discover that every bizarre case points stra 407Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Exorcisms and Face Reading, Guaranteed! 直播算命:驱邪看相妥妥的! [System + supernatural + wild imagination] On the first day of his livestream, Du Jie gets a call from a popular female streamer. A feng shui problem? Easy! The cases that follow are much trickier, and each one is more bizarre than the last! A ghost baby? A paper effigy? The strange illness in Xiangyang Village, the Five Elements fortune-borrowing ritual... Are all these bizarre events testing my cultivation? Forget it. I'd better call on the Grandmaster! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Strange Records of Bureau 749 749局异闻录 Have you ever wondered whether, beneath the modern city’s towering skyscrapers, ancient and unsolved mysteries still lie in wait? Xiao Lang, a rookie investigator and former ordinary patrol officer, is pulled into a “haunted building murder case” and forced to join National Bureau 749, a secret agency hidden within the government that specializes in supernatural incidents. Carrying half of his family’s inherited Book of Yin Talismans and bearing the mysterious “spirit-splitting” constitution, 136Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 4 Moonlight Across the Vast Sky 月明长空 [Mystery, Supernatural, Deduction, Special Abilities, and Action: No System!] Five years ago, Chang Kong unexpectedly awakened the ability to foresee death. And this time, the one who was going to die was his closest buddy! He thought it was just a simple crime of passion, but it turned out to involve Miaojiang Gu poison, the Five Plague Spirit Soldiers, the Blackwater Great Shaman, and a series of other bizarre events... as well as an earth-shattering plot more than five hundred years in the ma —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Folk Tales of Ghosts 民间鬼事 Tales of the Supernatural 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Woman Across the Hall 对面的女人 The Woman Across the Street —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Rule-Based Livestream: Why Do I Still Have to Work Like a Pack Mule After I Die? 规则直播:怎么死了还要做牛马 [Rule-Based Livestream + Horror + Comedy] Listen, whoever you are, stay alive! Otherwise, even after you die, you'll have to toil away like me... Mysteriously bound to a livestream from the afterlife, I decided to let loose. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After Grandpa Dropped Dead, Bureau 749 Came Looking for Me 爷爷暴毙后,749局找到了我 After my grandfather suddenly died, Bureau 749 came looking for me. They said he hadn’t died of illness. Something in the Qinling Mountains had “called his name.” I didn’t believe them at first. Then, beside my grandfather’s remains, I found the three words he’d left behind before he died: Don’t trust Bai. When the people from Bureau 749 saw them, their faces changed completely. They told me that in life, my grandfather had guarded the dragon vein of the Qinling Mountains. He hadn’t spent his wh 6.6kReads8.2Score60314d adds
- 9 I Transmigrated and Joined Bureau 749 穿越的我加入749局 Wu Jun, who had just lost his job, transmigrated to the ancestral planet. Carrying three major theories and one troublesome problem, he returned to Earth. The first thing he did was hand over all his secrets to the nation, then join Bureau 749 and set out on the path to uncovering the truth. Bureau 749: We hide among the people. We are willing to make sacrifices. We bear the darkness. We believe that the interests of the nation come above all else. The three theories about Earth from the ancestr 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Paranormal Files 灵异档案 In a strange era, strange events unfold across the country: ghosts, mountain spirits and water monsters, yin beings, zombies, and all manner of evil spirits and monsters. A series of major supernatural incidents will be brought before you. 518Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 11 When the Paranormal Invaded, My Sister and I Had Only Each Other 诡异入侵,我和姐姐相依为命 [Eerie Invasion] + [One Female Lead] + [Thriller] + [Heartbreaking] Grandma said the sun used to be golden, and blankets dried in its warmth smelled lovely. I've lived for ten years and never seen a sun like that. The night the blood moon appeared, the sky turned red. Ever since, the sun has never been warm again. It hangs there, pale and wan, its edges faintly tinged red, like a half-open eye. A light red fog hangs in the air all year round, and two-thirds of the population has already been inf —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 My Neighbor Came Back from the Dead 我邻居死而复生 My Neighbor Came Back from the Dead —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Ghosts Are So Scary! Learning to Slay Them in a Supernatural World 有鬼好怕怕,我在灵异世界学斩鬼 [Horror novel. Not for the faint of heart.] Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? If not, where did the word “ghost” come from? Have you ever experienced despair? The world I live in is filled with it. My name is Li You'an. If you’d like to hear my story, come take a look at my world. Twenty kilometers beyond the cemetery, countless hands clawed their way out of the earth. The world changed, becoming strange and unfamiliar. Ghosts ran rampant, the gates of the underworld swung wide ope —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Delivery Request 快递委托 Courier Request —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 749 Bureau: Classified Files 749局秘闻 Have you heard of Bureau 749? Some say it’s a classified agency. Others say it’s a mysterious organization that researches supernatural phenomena. Still others believe Bureau 749 investigates and covers up cases involving extraterrestrial life forms appearing within the country. Which of these rumors is true? I didn’t know either, until I got caught up in a bizarre murder case and became a member of Bureau 749. That’s when I discovered that the bureau was far more complicated than anyone could i 328Reads7.7Score10314d adds
- 16 Bureau 749: Supernatural Investigations 749局之超自然探秘 Tian Yun, endlessly fascinated by supernatural phenomena, receives a mysterious letter that leads him to the enigmatic 749 Bureau. The 749 Bureau is a special institution dedicated to researching supernatural phenomena. It has ancient buildings, strange equipment, and a group of mysterious researchers. From its origins in the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to research the supernatural during the Cold War, the bureau has undergone many changes and developments. After 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Bureau Zero-One 零一局 The Zero-One Bureau handles paranormal incidents. After the protagonist, Liang Yuzhang, was born, an old Daoist recognized his exceptional nature and took him in as an apprentice to learn Daoist arts. Starting in kindergarten, he helped people deal with paranormal incidents, becoming a minor celebrity in the surrounding villages. He joined the Zero-One Bureau in middle school, and after joining, handled all sorts of supernatural cases involving ghosts, demons, and monsters. These events also dre 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Folklore and the Supernatural: My Grandpa Took Me on Ghostly Errands 民间灵异:我爷爷带我行差鬼事 My second uncle and I followed my grandfather in the business of dealing with ghosts. Guiding spirits, seeing them off, cleansing houses. Into the mountains, into caves, under the water... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 I Guarded a Top-Secret National Secret on the South China Sea Floor for Eighty Years 我在南海海底守了八十年国家绝密 A deep-sea mystery. A thousand meters beneath the ocean, he saw a sight that defied everything he knew: an ancient stone city, pitch-black from end to end, hanging upside down over the abyss. Its walls bore carvings more than ten thousand years old. Even more terrifying was Peng Lizhen, an American scholar trapped in a time loop in 1939, deep within the city. At last, he learned that this stretch of ocean concealed a rift in time capable of tearing the world apart. 5Reads—Score214d adds
- 20 The Sequel to Wukong: Breaking Through Realms to Seek the Dao for Eighty Thousand Miles 悟空后传:破界问道八万里 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 21 Bureau 749: The Special Heroes Unit 749局之特殊英雄组 The world isn't as calm and peaceful as it looks. Just like in the sci-fi movies you've seen, there are a handful of strange people, strange events, monsters, and paranormal phenomena in this world. Some of them, however, can easily cause social unrest and inspire fear. Our 749 Bureau was established to deal with such things. 1.7kReads5.9Score10114d adds
- 22 As a College Intern, You Go to Bureau 749 to Slay a Flood Dragon 大一实习,你去749局斩蛟龙 [No female lead + overwhelming victories + fast pace + decisive and ruthless] “Tang Qing, you just became a Qi cultivator. Running from a high-level ghost isn't cowardice... What? You exorcised it on the spot?!” “Tang Qing, you only just joined the 749 Bureau. You should keep your feet on the ground instead of dreaming of becoming a regional director... You've already been promoted?!” “Tang Qing, this haunted domain is full of ghosts. We're no match for them, so let's not alert them for now.. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Before the Strange Things Begin 在一切诡异之前 [Supernatural resurgence + horror + no System + semi-infinite survival + no saintly protagonist + not dark + no female lead] When ghosts invaded reality, a group of survivors gained the protection of the “Rules.” They became employees of the “Rules,” and to keep enjoying their protection, they had to complete tasks. But the power of the “Rules” was limited... I didn't really care about any of that. I didn't want to bother figuring out what was the cause and what was the effect. So what if this w 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Top-Secret Files: Bureau 749 绝密档案:749局 [Superpowers + unknown creatures + based on true events] In a desperate situation, I killed my enemies with brain waves. After waking up, I took on a new identity and joined a national special agency, a mysterious organization hidden deep within China: Bureau 749. One unbelievable true case after another, things that should not exist are gradually coming to light… 2.5kReads7.2Score23214d adds
- 25 The Supernatural Incident Investigation Bureau 灵异事件侦探局 I was just an ordinary junior police officer, but I couldn't fight fate's wheel and got swept into a department I'd never heard of: the Paranormal Investigation Bureau. Joining the Bureau opened the door to a whole new and exciting life, but as one bizarre case after another came along, I gradually realized that everything had been predestined. None of it was a coincidence. 14Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 26 High Martial: At Bureau 749, I Refine Demons into Gods! 高武:人在749局,炼妖成神! [Decisive and Ruthless] [Modern Urban Martial Arts] [Demon-Refining Maniac] [Explosively Satisfying] After being reborn, Zhou Xie discovers that a vile ghost has drained his health bar and his body, leaving him on the brink of death at any moment. Luckily, there’s a black gourd in his mind that can forcibly keep him alive! Demon refining, forging, contracts... As long as he kills a strange demon, the black gourd will refine it into slag, turning it into nourishment for his growth! “Is that Zhou 69Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 27 Short Tales of Terror: A Collection of Strange Stories 短篇微恐:志怪故事集 Do you think the footsteps behind you when you walk alone late at night are just the wind? Do you think the unfamiliar object that suddenly appears in an old storage box is just something you forgot about? Do you think the blurry shadow that sometimes flickers across the mirror is just a trick of the light? This collection of strange tales has no blunt, bloody shocks. It is filled only with eerie everyday moments hidden in the folds of ordinary life. Each story stands alone, yet after you close 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Ninety-Five Percent of the Curse Is Mine, You Know What I Can Do 诅咒分我九十五,我的手段你清楚 In a supernatural apocalypse, vengeful ghosts run rampant. Humanity has lost its homeland. The age of mankind is over, and the world belongs to the ghosts. On the barren wasteland, rotten black arms claw their way out of the earth in a boundless graveyard. In an abandoned city, melodious singing drifts through the streets. The shadow at your feet is no longer still, and a familiar friend hides a bloodied dagger behind their back. Ghost Kings claim lands as their own, while ghost gods occupy huma —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 After Graduation, You Went to Work, but You Chose a Secure Job at 749 毕业工作,你跑去749端铁饭碗 [Monster Containment]+ [Investigators]+ [Supreme Great Xia]+ [Restricted Zones]+ [Otherworldly Spaces] Feng Fan arrives at the “Good Rebirth” Crematorium and takes a temporary job burning corpses! He never expected an old woman to rise from the dead. Everyone else was so terrified they fled, but Feng Fan excitedly sent her straight into the incinerator! He was born into this world over twenty years ago with a golden finger called the [Anomaly Compendium]. He thought he had transmigrated into the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Forbidden Tales of the Desolate Village: A Midnight Whistle, and a Shrouded Corpse Spirit at the Door 荒村禁忌:夜半吹哨,白布尸魂找上门 Taboos of the Abandoned Village: A Whistle in the Dead of Night, and a White-Cloth Corpse Spirit Comes Calling —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 My True-Life Paranormal Encounters: The Bizarre Things I've Experienced 亲身灵异实录:我经历的邪门事儿 Based on true events, firsthand accounts. Over the course of my life, I’ve encountered far too many bizarre things that science can’t explain. On a stormy night, a nightclub hostess was pinned down by a ghost in her sleep. Something furry crouched on her chest, and a seductive moan like a fox’s cry sounded beside her ear. She began to walk with a sway, her eyes shining like a fox’s, and the men around her started meeting with strange accidents one after another: the boss’s brakes failed in a c 1.1kReads6.8Score10614d adds
- 32 507: Top Secret Files 507绝密档案 I had only just graduated from police academy when I witnessed a bizarre car crash with my own eyes and came into contact with the legendary Bureau 507. From then on, my career as a police officer changed forever... 924Reads6.8Score13414d adds
- 33 I Run a Pawnshop at the Border Between Yin and Yang 我在阴阳交界开典当行 City Life + Making Money + The Supernatural + Bureau 749 The rating has only just come in, so it will gradually rise. The living pawn their possessions to buy more years of life; the dead pawn theirs to make wishes come true. Whether in the underworld or the world of the living, desire is always endless. At a pawnshop on the boundary between yin and yang, the living come by day, and the dead arrive at night. 5Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 34 South of Chang'an Lies a Haunted Mountain 长安之南有诡山 Since ancient times, the Qinling Mountains have been the dragon veins of China, where spiritual energy gathers. This has also made them a meeting place between the realms of yin and yang, and between humans, demons, and ghosts. After the Tang dynasty was founded, the “Mountain Wardens Office” was established to govern strange affairs in the mountains. But as time passed, some ancient “beings” began to awaken... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Heaven-Chosen Daoist Maiden 天命女道 [Supernatural horror, no romance, mystery and imagination] The tags are wrong and I can't change them. Sorry, everyone!! What could the Chief God of the Underworld be planning by reincarnating as a village girl in a remote mountain valley? Lin Qinghe has been able to see all kinds of spirits since she was little. A Taoist who roamed the land placed a seal on her, but fate cannot be denied. After more than a decade of ordinary life, the seal is unexpectedly broken while Lin Qinghe is in high scho 160Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Evil at Pawnshop No. 4! 肆号当铺邪! Xi Fan, a pure-hearted person through three lifetimes, died while trying to save someone. As his soul arrived in the underworld to be reincarnated, the King of Hell, cherishing the purity he had maintained through three lifetimes, sent Xi Fan back to the mortal world to take charge of Pawnshop No. 4. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I Transmigrated Here: You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 穿越而来:你到749局收容怪物 [Transmigration] [Superpowers] [System] [Urban High Martial Arts] Monsters? They’re just toys... Ji Binglin transmigrated into another world and awakened the Monster Collection System. Watching the succubus beg for her life before him, Ji Binglin chuckled and ripped open her clothes. Just as she thought he was all talk, he twisted her head with all his might and successfully contained her. What? You’re a beautiful woman, so you want me to hand the monster over to you? Heh, sure, that could work. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Reborn in Another World as a Fortune-Teller, Now I'm Invincible 重生异世当神棍,无敌了 Rebirth with supernatural powers + paranormal thrills Qiu Zeyu had gone to the renowned Immortal Mountain to pray for wealth. As luck would have it, the God of Wealth answered his prayer: on his way down the mountain that very day, he tripped and took a spectacular tumble, conveniently crashing into the stone lion in front of the Seven Star Altar. That triggered his supernatural ability to see things from other dimensions. He also gained an exceptionally beautiful and powerful master, who besto —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Investigation Bureau 739 739调查局 A mysterious investigation bureau, a series of inexplicable supernatural events, and a young man who has studied Taoist arts since childhood: together, they set the stage for a strange journey through life. An infant boy is abandoned in the mountains, surrounded by birds and protected by beasts. When the Taoist Qin Xuangguan happens upon this extraordinary sight, he realizes the child is no ordinary person and takes him back to the mountain to raise him and teach him the Yin-Yang arts. By chance 540Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 40 I Just Came Out of Ailao Mountain, and 749 Took Me in as a Monster 刚出哀牢山,被749当怪物收容 [Ruthless and decisive] [Wild man] [Wipe out the roots] Su Yang is an experienced traveler. After transmigrating to this world twenty years ago with a monster compendium as his golden finger, he hasn’t encountered a single monster. He’s ended up living like a wild man. On the verge of starving to death as a penniless pauper, he places his last hope in the mysterious Ailao Mountain. On their first night in the mountains, his fellow travelers spot a monster. Su Yang grabs his Luoyang shovel and st 147Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 96Reads—Score12614d adds
- 42 Joining Bureau 749: I Only Kill Ghosts to Make Money 加入749,我只为杀鬼赚钱 [Modern Urban High Martial Arts + System + Horror and the Supernatural + Lighthearted + Comeback + Wish Fulfillment] Ye Xiaofan was an ordinary construction worker until a strange coffin was unearthed at his worksite, accidentally granting him the ability to kill ghosts! From then on, a beautiful agent from Bureau 749 came knocking, begging him to join! To make money, Ye Xiaofan joins the bureau’s beautiful agents to venture into imperial palaces, break into imperial tombs, and stay in haunted h 139Reads—Score1114d adds
- 43 Multiple Fears 多重恐惧 An invitation to a party brings together nine writers, each with a very different style. At the party, the novelist who invited them traps everyone inside and demands that each guest tell a story. With no other choice, they comply. One story after another unfolds at the party: will they reveal the clash of human nature or unleash ghostly terrors? Everything will come to light here. "This is my debut work. I hope you'll show it plenty of support." 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I Write Horror Novels on Tomato Novel 我在番茄写恐怖小说 A friendly heads-up: [This story is wildly imaginative] This novel brings together over a hundred stories, with elements of the uncanny, fantasy, and Lovecraftian horror. Unlike other novels, it has no long, tedious passages. Every story is full of eerie, fresh surprises. 96Reads—Score12714d adds
- 45 Dragon Group: The Carry of Carries, Only Playing in High-Rank Matches 龙组:通天代,只打高端局 [China Dragon Group + exorcism + Naruto + System + lighthearted + comedy] [A mysterious organization made up of heroes who work in the darkness. Each member has a unique skill, and they fight in the most dangerous and secret places to protect the ancient Chinese people.] [Vengeful ghosts, zombies, the Southern Maoists and Northern Ma family, Solomon's 72 demons, ninjas, shrines, the X-Men, Arthurian knights... You name it, it's all here.] Zhang Ze: As a newly recruited trainee of the Dragon Grou 137Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Ancient Divine Beasts: Return to the Netherworld Abyss 上古神兽之幽冥归墟 The Ancient Divine Beasts: Return to the Netherworld Abyss is an epic that weaves together ancient legends, classic detective mysteries, suspense and horror, and the philosophy of life and death. At its heart is the image of the “Return to the Abyss”: all waters flow into one, neither increasing nor diminishing. It is a metaphor for how all human memories will ultimately converge in the same ocean. In this world, every love, every sacrifice, and every choice becomes part of eternity. As Shen Con —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Walker in the Mist: See It, Then Pretend You Didn't 雾中行者:看见,然后假装看不见 She was forced to open her eyes. In this city, "ghostly shadows" formed from obsession and pain drift through the streets. Lin Jianwei has been able to see them since childhood, but pretended she couldn't, until an attack on the subway dragged her into darkness. Forced to team up with Chen Qiming, a formidable fighter, and Zhou Yan, a master of the occult arts, she becomes one of the "Walkers in the Mist." Under the leadership of Qin Shouye, a disillusioned father, they deal with strange inciden —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 My Daoist Arts Failed, but So Did the Ghosts 道术学废了,但鬼也废了 Taoists train by striving for balance and harmony. I’m different. When I train, I strive for something ghosts can’t understand. Draw a talisman? The paper catches fire before I’m even done. Recite an incantation? By the time I finish, I’ve untied my own shoelaces. My master says I’m the most useless disciple he’s ever had, the one who’s managed to learn every sect art completely wrong. That is, until a vengeful ghost responsible for nine deaths broke into our temple. I tossed out a misdrawn tali 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Bureau 749: This Taoist Priest Is Pretty Powerful 749局:这个道士有点强 (749 Bureau + Daoist Priest + Comedy + Decisive and Ruthless + Teamwork + Organized Group + Protective of His Own... No System, No Harem, Smart Characters, Not Pure Power Fantasy) The Dragon Nation’s 749 Bureau guards the mortal world and suppresses evil spirits. The legacy of Lushan is all gathered in him. He commands thunder, draws on the starlight, slays evil spirits with a single sword stroke, and settles the fate of the world with a single thought. There are many evil spirits in this world. 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Bureau of Paranormal Investigations 特异事物调查局 [Mystery + horror + sci-fi + adventure + wild imagination] Before graduating, forensic science student Ren Lin dissects a beautiful female corpse. Not long afterward, he meets a woman who looks exactly like the corpse, with a horrifying scar beneath her neck. A voice keeps echoing in his ear: “Did the corpse you dissect feel pain?” This is only the beginning, just the tip of the iceberg! Ren Lin joins the Bureau of Special Affairs and rises from a low-ranking agent to a legend! 44Reads6.8Score—14d adds

















































